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WPT: Players With Highest Top 10 Finishes

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has become tremendously popular since its inception and has gone on to become one of the most prominent poker brands across the globe. From prominent events like the WPT Prime, Main Tour, WPT Deepstacks, WPT500 amongst others, WPT has been organising tournaments all across the globe, making poker the global sport that it is today! Let’s have a look at all the players who have recorded the most top 10 finishes in the WPT events.

Players With The Most WPT Top 10 Finishes 

Darren Elias

Darren Elias has the highest number of top 10 finishes in WPT events as per Hendon Mob. He has claimed four WPT titles while having 13 cashes so far. There is more to Elias’ story when it comes to WPT with the American poker pro earning $4,731,452 in the WPT tournaments, sitting at the fourth spot on the WPT All Time Money List.

It is worth noting that the pro has a lot of competition with players looking to match his record and topple it. It would be interesting to see if Elias can further his lead or if he will end up losing his numero uno spot in 2023.

Justin Cuong Van Tran

The United States-based player has pocketed $3,878,498 in WPT events so far and sits at the 11th position on the WPT All Time Money List. His performances saw him finish in the top 10 players 11 times in WPT events so far. However, despite faring so well in the WPT events, the poker pro has some serious competition, with Scotty Nguyen tied with him for the second spot.

 Justin Cuong Van Tran has the likes of Brian Altman, David Pham, Jared Todd Jaffee, Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Ivey in contention to dethrone him. Will Van Tran be able to add to his tally this year or will we see any other player match up his score? Only time will tell. 

Scotty Nguyen

One of the most famous poker personalities, Scotty Nguyen has an impressive WPT score. He has the second most top 10 finishes so far. Making it into the money 11 times, he sits at par with Justin Cuong Van Tran right now. 

Nguyen has pocketed $2,681,728 in WPT events and sits at the 30th slot in the WPT All Time Money List. However, despite having multiple cashes, Nguyen hasn’t won a WPT title yet. It remains interesting to see if the poker legend can change the record book this time around. 

Brian Altman, Jared Todd Jaffee, and David Pham, alongside poker legends Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu, find themselves in the same bracket, with all the players registering 10 WPT finishes. 

Negreanu’s best outing in WPT came back in  2004 where he managed to win a whopping $ 1,117,400 while playing the WPT $10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold’em during WPT Borgata Poker Open, Atlantic City. 

Ivey, on the other hand, recently won the $ 25,000 No Limit Hold’em – WPT Heads-Up Championship to walk away with $400,000 in June 2021. He has also emerged victorious in the $ 2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo and $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud during WPT Championship, Las Vegas in 2003.

Both players are undoubtedly the best poker players in the world and are expected to shine brighter this year. Can Negreanu and Ivey edge out the other players and move ahead in the most WPT finishes list? 

Names	Most WPT Finishes
Darren Elias	13
Justin Cuong Van Tran	11
Scotty Nguyen	11
Jared Todd Jaffee	10
Brian Altman	10
David Pham	10
Daniel Negreanu	10
Phil Ivey	10

Apart from the abovementioned poker pros, other famous poker players are also in the mix to be amongst the top 10 finishes. Antonio Esfandiari and Hoyt Corkins, alongside Denmark’s Gus Hansen and Indonesia’s John Juanda, have registered seven top-10 finishes so far. 

Esfandiari has been one of the most well known players in the international poker circuit for quite some time. The US based poker star has featured in multiple tournaments in the recent past and grabbed eye balls with fantastic performances. 

At the time of writing, this poker player was slotted 26th on Hendon Mob’s the All Time Money List while boasting a total live earnings in excess of $27 Million. It is also worth noting that United States based star has recorded a best live cash of $18,346,67 which he earned for winning the WSOP $ 1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop (Event #55) during the 43rd edition of WSOP in 2012. 

Hansen is next on the list with the Denmark based poker star currently slotted 128th on the All Time Money List created by Hendon Mob. He has been amongst the players that have been on the rise with Hansen registering 
$10,278,250 in total live earnings at the time of this writing. He recorded his best live cash in 2008 when he played the WPT $ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold’em – Championship Event and came second to pocket $1,714,800.

Juanda finds himself positioned alongside Hansen and Esfandiari with 7 top 10 finishes in WPT. The Indonesia based poker star is one of the most well player poker players in the Asian circuit. He has registered $25,650,535 in total live earnings while recording a best live cash of $2,870,092. Currently slotted amongst the top 30 players on the Hendon Mob All Time Money list, it is also worth noting that Juanda is the number one ranked player on Indonesia All Time Money List. With a few mega WPT events on the way, it would be interesting to see 

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Mike Matusow had six top 10 finishes across WPT events, followed by Ted Forrest and Layne Flack who made it in the top 10, five times. The likes of Alex Foxen, Mike Sexton, Maria Ho and alleged cheater Jake Schindler have made it four times in the top 10 finishes at WPT.

Nicknamed ‘The Mouth’, Matusow has been a WPT veteran having featured in the tournament since 2003. He has recorded  $10,385,407 in total live earnings with his best live cash score sitting at $1,000,000. At the time of this writing, he was slotted 126th in the All Time Money List.  

A name known to all the old school poker followers, Ted Forrest has been seen grinding it out on poker tables since 1991, he has recorded 5 WPT top 10 finishes in his illustrious career with his total live earnings sitting at $6,392,893. It is also worth noting that Forrest’s best live cash sits at $1,100,000 with the veteran slotted amongst the top 250 players in the world. 

Name	Most WPT Finishes
Darren Elias	13
Justin Cuong Van Tran	11
Scotty Nguyen	11
Jared Todd Jaffee	10
Brian Altman	10
David Pham	10
Daniel Negreanu	10
Phil Ivey	10
Antonio Esfandiari	7
Hoyt Corkins	7
Gus Hansen	7
John Juanda	7
Mike Matusow	6
Ted Forrest	5
Layne Flack	5
William Alex Foxen	4
Mike Sexton	4
Maria Ho	4
Jake Schindler	4

 

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